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1897 Barber Half

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maine1820
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What says you. Its a raw coin.

1897-Barber-Half

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I says:
LOVE the "LIBERTY!"
Lower band looks complete it not super sharp.
Dentils on reverse complete and sharp in some places.

Wish horizontal bands on shield showed better.
Stars on obverse have nice separations.

I say VF35 - others will give it an EF-40.

And there is nice hair detail over the forehead.

Halves in this grade are NOT that common.
A common date in an UNCOMMON state of preservation.
Enjoy it and welcome to the CCF.
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cant get the thing back out of the holder.
The vertical lines are complete on the shield.
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VF35
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VF-35 details, cleaned.
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I disagree regarding the cleaning, however, the pictures do not accurately depict the surfaces. I am limited in picture taking prowess.
The surfaces are more even, and darker.
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Obverse looks cleaned. Reverse looks ok to me.
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EF-40
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